The two unrepentant brothers proudly pleaded guilty to the hate crime. But the plea deal did not have a specified prison sentence and the Jerusalem District Court originally sentenced the brothers to two relatively lenient sentences, one to 24 months in prison and the other to 30.
Above: The two Twito brothers and Gabby
Supreme Court Extends Prison Sentences For 2 Haredi Hate Crime Arsonists
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Israel's Supreme Court rejected the prison sentences of two hard-right-wing Jewish brothers who tried to burn down the Arab-Jewish Max Rayne Hand-in-Hand school in Jerusalem in November 2014, Ha'aretz reported. Shlomo and Nahman Twito set the school on fire and painted racist slogans on its walls.
The two unrepentant brothers proudly pleaded guilty to the hate crime. But the plea deal did not have a specified prison sentence and the Jerusalem District Court originally sentenced the brothers to two relatively lenient sentences, one to 24 months in prison and the other to 30.
The state prosecutor appealed those sentences, which it said were too lenient, to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court agreed with state prosecutors and added eight months to each sentence.
In December the third Orthodox right-wing extremist convicted in the school arson, Yitzhak Gabbay, was sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court to three years in prison after Gabby refused to sign on to the Twitos’ plea deal.
All three men are young Sefardim from haredi families. The graffiti they painted on the school and nearby in part read "Kahane was right," "There's no coexisting with cancer." The three men were linked to the Lehava anti-religion-mixing Kahanist group.
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